Liquid-state NMR Instrumentation

1200 MHz (Neo) - Shared Solids and Liquids

3 mm TCI cryo 1H,15N,13C Z-GRD

3 mm TXI 1H,15N,13C Z-GRD

0.7 mm MAS 1H,15N,13C

Contact: Christian Richter & Frank Löhr

For Solids: Johanna Becker-Baldus

Location: Biozentrum N203-0.04

950 MHz (Avance III)

5 mm TCI cryo 1H,15N,13C Z-GRD
5 mm TXI 1H,15N,13C XYZ-GRD

Contact: Christian Richter & Frank Löhr

Location: Biozentrum N202-0.10

900 MHz (Neo) - Shared Solids and Liquids

5 mm TCI cryo 1H,15N,13C Z-GRD
5 mm TXI 1H,15N,13C XYZ-GRD
5 mm TXI 1H,13C,31P XYZ-GRD
5 mm TXI 1H,15N,13C Z-GRD
MAS - TXI 1H,15N,13C Z-GRD


Contact: Christian Richter & Frank Löhr

For Solids: Johanna Becker-Baldus

Location: Biozentrum N202-0.10

800 MHz (Avance III HD)

5 mm TCI cryo 1H,15N,13C Z-GRD
5 mm QXI 1H,13C, 15N, 31P XYZ-GRD
5 mm TXI 1H,15N,13C Z-GRD

Contact: Christian Richter & Frank Löhr
Location: Biozentrum N201-0.08

800 MHz (Avance III)

5 mm TXO cryo 13C,1H,15N, Z-GRD
5 mm TXI cryo 1H,15N,13C Z-GRD
5 mm TXI 1H,15N,13C Z-GRD
5 mm TXI 1H,13C,31P Z-GRD

Contact: Christian Richter
Location: Wasserwerk N265

700 MHz (Avance III HD)

5 mm QCI cryo 1H,15N,13C,31P Z-GRD

5 mm TXI cryo 1H,15N,13C Z-GRD

5 mm TXI 1H,15N,13C Z-GRD


Contact: Christian Richter & Frank Löhr
Location: Biozentrum N201-0.08

600 MHz (Avance Neo with SampleJet)

5 mm TCI cryo 1H,15N,13C Z-GRD

Contact: Christian Richter
Location: Biozentrum N201-0.08

600 MHz (Avance II)

5 mm TCI cryo 1H,15N,13C Z-GRD

5 mm TCI cryo 1H,13C,31P Z-GRD


Contact: Frank Löhr
Location: Biozentrum N201-0.09

600 MHz (Avance Neo with SampleJet)

5 mm QCI cryo 1H,13C,15N,31P Z-GRD

1.7 mm TCI cryo 1H,15N,13C Z-GRD

5 mm TXI cryo 1H,15N,13C Z-GRD

5 mm TXI 1H,15N,13C Z-GRD


Contact: Christian Richter
Location: Wasserwerk N265

600 MHz (Avance III HD)

CryoProbe Prodigy 5 mm TCI 1H/19F,15N,13C Z-GRD

5 mm TXI 1H,15N,13C Z-GRD

5 mm TXI 1H,15N,13C XYZ-GRD

5 mm TXI 1H,13C,31P Z-GRD

5 mm TXI 1H,15N,13C Z-GRD

MAS TXI 1H,15N,13C Z-GRD


Contact: Christian Richter
Location: Chemiegebäude N160

500 MHz (Avance II)

5 mm TXI 1H,15N,13C XYZ-GRD


Contact: Frank Löhr
Location: Biozentrum N201-0.09

500 MHz (Avanve I)

5 mm TXI 1H,15N,13C XYZ-GRD


Contact: Frank Löhr
Location: Biozentrum N201-0.09


Solid-state NMR Instrumentation

850 MHz WB (Avance III)

4.0 mm MAS HCN
3.2 mm MAS HCN
3.2 mm MAS HX (15N-31P) with HCN option and illumination

3.2 mm Efree MAS HCN

0.7 mm MAS HCN


Contact: Johanna Baldus
Location: Biozentrum N202-0.11

600 MHz WB (Avance Neo)

4.0 mm MAS HXY
4.0 mm MAS HCN efree

3.2 mm MAS HCN efree
4.0 mm MAS HX (15N-31P)
4.0 mm MAS HFX
static flat coil HX 


Contact: Johanna Baldus
Location: Biozentrum N202-0.11


DNP Instrumentation

400 MHz solid-state DNP (400 MHz WB Avance Neo + 263 GHz Gyrotron)

3.2 mm Cryo MAS HCN
4.0 mm MAS HXY
7.0 mm MAS HX
static flat coil HXY


Contact: Johanna Baldus
Location: Biozentrum N202-0.11

400 MHz liquid-state DNP (400 MHz WB Avance I + 260 GHz Gyrotron)

cw-DNP using helical and flatcoil probes (homemade)


Contact: Vasyl Denysenkov
Location: Biozentrum N202-0.11


EPR Instrumentation

Elexsys E780 J-band

263 GHz quasi-optical front-end

Reflection/Induction mode

Arbitrary Waveform Generator

9.4T Ascend 400DNP magnet

Available experiments: cw-EPR, PELDOR/DEER, ENDOR, RIDME, ELDOR-detected NMR


Contact: Vasyl Denysenkov
Location: Biozentrum N202-0.11

180 GHz G-band (homebuild)

180 GHz quasi-optical circuit

Heterodyne detection scheme

Reflection mode

7T Teslatron H Oxford Instruments magnet

Available experiments: cw-EPR, PELDOR/DEER


Contact: Vasyl Denysenkov
Location: Biozentrum N202-0.11

Elexsys E580 X/Q-band

1 kW X-Band TWTA

150 W Q-Band TWTA and 10W Solidstate Amplifier

2 kW RF-Amplifier

Flexline-Probes: MD5, MD4-ENDOR, MS3 for X-Band and QD2-ENDOR, QT2 for Q-Band

Bridge with ELDOR source, AWG and MPFU channels

Oxford-Cryostat for liquid Helium cooling


Contact: Burkhard Endeward
Location: Chemistry N140-12

Elexsys E500 X-band

Resonators: Bruker ER4012ST, ER4122SHQE

Cryostats: l-Helium Oxford-ESR 900, l-N2 Bruker BVT3000


Contact: Burkhard Endeward
Location: Chemistry N140-12